1947 Shoppers to See Better Goods and Lower Prices
New York report from December 22 predicts 1947 will bring better quality goods and possible lower prices as consumer resistance grows. Retailers mark down before Christmas. surveys show demand for affordable apparel, linens, and home furnishings. Industry leaders from General Electric Westinghouse and International Silver discuss holding prices despite rising costs.
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New York
Dun
Dun # Bradstreet
National Conference of Business
Catton
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Co
John H. Ashbaugh
Westinghouse Electric
Cory
E. C. Stevens
International Silver Co
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Fast Rheumatic Pain Relief
A garbled OCR item touts a lemon juice remedy for rheumatic pain marketed by Chen Drug Co. and drug stores. The fragment hints at a sales pitch and price but remains unclear on specifics or efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chen Drug Co
Steryehe
Safety Picture Contest Opened
West Virginia Safety and Health council director W C Easley announced a nationwide contest for press association and newspaper photographers. Sponsored by the National Safety Council, entries may be submitted in January 1946 and must feature pictures used in newspapers during the year. Four classifications include traffic, home and recreational, farm, and child safety with grand prize 200 dollars, 100 dollars for top pictures in each class, and 25 and 12 50 dollars for second and third place.
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Press Association
W. C. Easley
West Virginia Safety and Health Council
National Safety Council
Easley
Paul Jones
Chicago
Til
National Geographic Maps Bible Lands chart spans centuries
National Geographic issues a Bible Lands map chart combining ancient and modern conditions in the Holy Land. Dr Gilbert Grosvenor notes 248 historical notes marking biblical sites, archaeological finds, and early human survival. Insets depict today and biblical times with Eden near 20th century Iraq and Erech on the Euphrates.
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National Geographic
Holy Land
National Geographic Society
Gilbert Grosvenor
Society
Garden of Eden
Iraq
Erech
Euphrates River
National Geographic Magazine
Dairy Men to Hear Brooks Daugherty at Short Course
Brooks V. Daugherty Kanawha county agricultural agent joins a panel on “Methods of Reducing Labor” for the sixth annual Dairy Short Course January 6 to 10 at Jackson’s Mill. Other speakers include L. E. Barber Ray Jones Earle McKay and more as the program emphasizes breeding better cattle herd health and milk marketing with experts from West Virginia Cornell and Farm Bureau.
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Brooks V. Daugherty
Kanawha County
Jackson’s Mill
G. Hee~ Bink
Extension Dairyman
West Virginia University
Patel
L. E. Barber
Chicago
Ray Jones
Washington, D. C
Earle McKay
Wheeling
A. D. Longhouse
Morgantown
D. J. Miller
Lewisburg
W. T. Crandall
Cornell University
W. J. Tyler
W. L. Campbell
I. D. Porterfield
I. N. Fetty
D.C
T.C. Green
Charleston
Mark McHale
West Virginia
Pickering Couple Mark 50 Years With Family Dinner
Mr and Mrs J T Pickering celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 24 at their Blake Ney home with a family dinner. The couple are parents of eighty children and have sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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J.T. Pickering
Blake Ney
Union Meeting Cancelled by Engineers Local
The regular meeting of Engineers' local union AFL No 43 was announced canceled yesterday by business representative S H Welch. Welch said the cancelation was due to the year's holiday.
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Engineers’ Local Union
AFL
S. H. Welch
Welch
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